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What help nutrients into the blood?
villi in the esophagus help move nutrients into the blood
Name two organs that are primarily food conduits?
Esophagus and intestines are primarily food conduits in the body. The esophagus helps transport chewed food from the mouth to the stomach, while the intestines absorb nutrients from the digested food and eliminate waste.
What happens in pharynx?
The muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach.
Is the esophagus is involved in chemical digestion?
The esophagus is not directly involved in chemical digestion. Its main function is to transport food from the mouth to the stomach using peristaltic contractions. Chemical digestion primarily occurs in the stomach and small intestine, where enzymes break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body.
What are the vessels for passage of food and water?
The esophagus is the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach, while the intestines are responsible for the absorption of nutrients and water from the food.
What are the nutrients that are absorbed in the esophagus?
Nothing
What help nutrients into the blood?
villi in the esophagus help move nutrients into the blood
What helps villi move nutrients into the blood?
Esophagus
What happens to food when it goes down the esophagus?
the food is then forced down the esophagus.
How does nutrients get from mouth down esophagus?
You break it down by chewing it and while you're doing that, your saliva will help dampen the food. Once it is small enough, you swallow it and it travels down through your esophagus. Your nutrients are absorbed while it travels, not while it is in the esophagus.
What happens to your esophagus when you have heartburn?
it burns.
What happens to food after digestid?
into esophagus.
What happens when you have a large esophagus?
if you have a big esophagus then the food you eat will go fast into your stomach
A food chute has no digestive or absorptive role?
The esophagus. gullet=food chute. it does not digest things or absorb nutrients and goodies and stuff
What organ doesn't absorb nutrients?
The mouth is one of the organs of the digestive tract that doesn't absorb nutrients. Another is the esophagus.
What happens to food as it passes through your esophagus?
it goes to your stomach
Name two organs that are primarily food conduits?
Esophagus and intestines are primarily food conduits in the body. The esophagus helps transport chewed food from the mouth to the stomach, while the intestines absorb nutrients from the digested food and eliminate waste.
